Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared
- Upload Date: July 29, 2011
- 81.5 million views
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared is a British web series by filmmakers Rebecca Sloan and Joseph Pelling, whose 6 parts were released on YouTube between 2011 and 2016. The protagonists of the series are three different puppets named “Red Guy”, “Yellow Guy”, and “Duck”, who live together in a sort of shared apartment and learn an important life lesson in each episode. The first part is about creativity, while later ones also address time, love, digital content, nutrition, and dreams.
What initially sounds like a cute children’s series quickly turns into a disturbing nightmare already in the first part of the series. The characters process organs into craft projects, age and decay rapidly, and – as it happens to be a theme of this list – eat each other.
The web series was so successful despite (or perhaps because of) its disturbing content and creative execution, and indeed impressive sets, that it received a small TV season that was even broadcast on British television.
Above all, the song from the first part is what many associate with the series and is definitely the most well-known. You can see the whole video here on YouTube:
On the next page, it continues.
